Nappy Roots Day

Holiday

Holiday

One of 'em's fat and loud, second one's black and proud

Third one's drunk and wild, fourth one's slim and sly

One of 'em's just shy, last one, young and wise

Homegrown, battle tested, you gon' love these guys

Brotherhood all you got, the best story told yet

Bonded against all odds, ain't no tearin' 'em apart

Swore, panic, vile till death do 'em in

Even in reincarnation, they would do it again

Who would ever thought six different strands would lock together

Lock forever

Rock and leather and wood

Told you, chicken and grits go good

With watermelon, albums sellin' coast to coast

Across the seas

Gave everything we could, our tears, our sweat, our blood 'cause

(Holiday)

I am because we are, we are because I am

Everybody say (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now throw your hands to the sky, turn up your music just right

We representin', why? (Ooh, you're a holiday)

We are because I am, I am because we are

Hey, it's Nappy Roots Day (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now throw your hands to the sky, bounce to the music we write

We representin', why? (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now we stronger that wood, player (We tougher than leather)

Us jaegers hustle together (Uh-uh, not just for the cheddar)

Look here, we trustin' each other (Say, um, you fuck with me brother?)

You gotta suffer the repercussions, we come from the gutter

White Kangol, white classics, strikin' suit with the matches

Capitals came from the ostrich, blowin' smoke out the nostrils

Prolly trouble with student loans, we struggle for too long

But now we can move on, put that on my tombstone

We are because I am, ain't hard to understand it

Far from a shootin' star (Rather play on my planet)

Power, respect (Demand it), to us, nothing was handed

Play it loud as you can and say it just how we planned it

I am because we are, we are because I am

Everybody say (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now throw your hands to the sky, turn up your music just right

We representin', why? (Ooh, you're a holiday)

We are because I am, I am because we are

Hey, it's Nappy Roots Day (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now throw your hands to the sky, bounce to the music we write

We representin', why? (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Bring out your kids and treat 'em, cotton candy plus freedom

Raise one for cows and feed 'em, sweet as Shirley Temple's singin'

Clown on the carousel house, spin on the ferris wheel

It's magic floatin', smokin', takin' up a call Fish Scales

Man, we livin' straight, health plans and real estate

Weapons we put away, we reachin' out with Nappy Day

Sparklers light up the dark, fireworks in the park

We eatin' shrimp a la carte, red wine, holly tart

Like soldiers comin' home, watchin' after war's gone

Sky's rainin' confetti, singin' out the Nappy medleys

Get rid of felonies, wash away with melodies

Irish to Ebonies, Haitians to the Lebanese

As I jot down in my notepad, some days considered important to me

(One)

The birth of my son, the day I signed my first recording agreement

It was sorta like my soul to the Devil

And I was kinda like allowin' him to keep it

But the true essence of this art form

Can't be confined to temptation and evil

Lost some folks on the grind to this bullshit

And my real jaegers stuck around

So this day's a tribute, a celebration

I am because we all stay down

Shit, I'ma keep it nappy three-sixty-five and seven days a week

We fortunate to make it out that trap

'Cause the forest roots stay runnin' deep, yo

I am because we are, we are because I am

Everybody say (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now throw your hands to the sky, turn up your music just right

We representin', why? (Ooh, you're a holiday)

We are because I am, I am because we are

Hey, it's Nappy Roots Day (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Now throw your hands to the sky, bounce to the music we write

We representin', why? (Ooh, you're a holiday)

Today, I'm feelin' so alive, alive

We ride, ride (September 16)

(Holiday)

Today, I'm feelin' so alive, alive

We ride, ride (September 16)

(Holiday)